Two-color boucle



May 21, 1940. E. BRY

TWO-COLOR BOUCLE Filed Dec. 6, 1939 INVENTOR BY EDWIN BRX W 9 zwub ATTORNEYS.

Patented .May 21, 1940 TWO-COLOR BOUCLE Edwin Bry, Elberon, N. J., assignor to Edwin & Louis Bry, Inc., New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application December 6, 1939, Serial No. 307,741

24 Claims.

My invention relates to a novel boucl yarn and more particularly my invention relates to a two-color boucl yarn in which two threads of a suitable material, such as mohair, are formed into individual loops adjacent to one another over a core and are bound so that upon washing, or going through a wet finishing process, a fiuify two-color boucl novelty yarn is obtained.

Boucl yarn is a curled yarn or a yarn in which the individual decorative thread employed is looped about itself and bound back in that position so that the novelty yarn in its finished form contains a plurality of individual and spaced loops of decorative material. In attempting to provide for variated effects in boucl I have twisted together two different boucl novelty yarns, as for example of different colors, but I find that the resultant compoundnovelty yarn, although desirably possessed of 90 the two different colors, has, among other disadvantages, bulkiness and an excess of binder thread. This is because in the compound yarn there is double the number of core and binder threads necessary since the component core and binder threads of each individual boucl yarn are additively present in the final compound yarn.

I have now devised a novelty two-color boucl yarn which overcomes the disadvantages above set forth and presents a novel yarncharacterized by intermittently spaced loops of two various boucl materials, the two loops being preferably adjacent and in contact with each other for reasons which will be pointed out more specifically hereinafter.

:r, A further feature of my novelty yarn of twocolor boucl resides in the novel crepe effect which I obtain in the gimp or the twist area be- 'tween the respective loops of my novelty yarn. This crepe effect is obtained by the twisting together of the two mohair threads over a core, after which the twist is firmly bound down or bound back. The yarn, upon being washed, secured and dried, shrinks and, because of the tight twist engagement, a very desirable crepe effect is obtained in the gimp of the yarn.

As the base of my novelty two-color boucl yarn I employ a two thread core of some suitable core material, such as cotton, silk, rayon, worsted, etc., and over this double core, I form a twist of 1 two separate boucl threads such as mohair. The

mohair threads are twisted about one another to form the gimp, and at spaced intervals are suitably looped to form the adjacent curls. The so formed boucl yarn is firmly bound down 55 and/or bound back with a suitable binder thread which may be of cotton, worsted. silk, rayon, etc.

My final product, namely the two-color boucl yarn, is characterized by a variegated two-color effect and is new and unusual in its appearance even with regard to the single boucl yarn known 5 to the prior art.

This is because,

1) the decorative threads appear predominant with regard to the core and binder threads because of the fact that I employ decorative 1o thread that will spread or burst after being washed and secured. Thus, when it is formed into two adjacent loops and is wet processed the decorative thread fiuffs out to form an apparently I large volume of curl;

(2) a novel crepe effect in the gimp is obtained because the greater shrinking intertwisted mohair shrinks farther than the relatively unshrinking cotton core and cotton binder which binds the intertwisted mohair; 2o

(3) in my novelty two-color boucl yarn there is twice the amount of decorative material as in the single thread boucle of the prior art and hence the decorative threads of my yarn are relatively bulky and predominate with respect to the binder, which is ordinarily of plain cotton;

(4) although in my novelty yarn I obtain the desired two-color effect, the weight of my novel boucl yarn is substantially less than that in which two boucl yarns are twisted together. For example, a novelty yarn which comprises a twist of two boucl yarns together has a count of 650 yards to the pound. My novelty yarn, on the other hand, although it contains the two distinct mohair threads and loops, has a count of 860 yards to the pound. This is an important distinction because of the fact that the reduced weight and bulk of the yarn consists of the unattractive and aesthetically unnecessary binder and core threads.

The above advantages are all in addition to the fact that my yarn is fundamentally distinguished by having intimately associated loops or curls of two colored threads in a single yarn by means of which desirable aesthetic efforts can be obtained in fabrics.

A further feature of my novel yarn which again distinguishes it, is the coaction of the two novelty threads of mohair employed in forming the gimp and curl.

Although I have discussed the formation of my novelty two-color boucl yarn using mohair as the decorative threads, it is within the purview of my invention to employ wool in lieu of the mohair, the shrinking characteristics of the wool being suitable to obtain the desired structure It is, therefore. the object of my invention to provide a novel two-color boucl yarn.

It is a further object of my invention to provide a novelty yarn having two distinct threads formed into loops at spaced intervals in said yarn.

It is a further object of my invention to provide a novelty yarn having two distinct threads formed into loops at spaced intervals in said yarn, said loops being adjacent one another and burst by a scouring process.

It is a further object of my invention to provide a novelty yarn in which two distinct threads are twisted together to form a crepe gimp spaced by two adjacent loops or curls of said novelty thread.

It is a further object of my invention to provide a novelty yarn comprising two distinct threads of mohair formed into loops at regular or irregular intervals in said yarn.

It is still a further object of my invention to provide a compound yarn of two distinct threads in which the novelty yarns predominate to a marked degree over the core and binder material.

It is still a further object of my invention to provide a novelty two color boucl mohair yarn.

It is still a further object of my invention to provide a novelty two color boucl wool yarn.

These and other objects of my invention will become apparent from a consideration of the drawing and the description which here follows.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the novelty two color boucl yarn of my invention.

Figure 2 is an enlarged perspective of a portion of the novelty two color boucl yarn of my invention showing the details thereof.

Figure 3 is a cross section taken along the line 33 of Figure 1.

Referring now more specifically to the drawing, in Figure 1 I show a novelty yarn composed of the core threads I 0 and H which may be of cotton, silk, worsted, wool, rayon, etc. Over the core threads are twisted threads of mohair l2 and I3, the thread of mohair I3 being of a color distinct with respect to the thread of mohair i2. The thread of mohair i2 is formed into the loop i4 and the thread of mohair I3 is formed into the loop l5.

Although the form of my invention preferred is that of the two adjacent loops l4 and I5, it is also possible that the loops be formed adjacent but spaced one from the other as shown in the loops l6 and l1.' The gimp, which is the section between the loops, and the loops themselves are bound back with the binder I8. After the novelty yarn is so formed, it is washed, scoured and dried, whereupon the mohair threads I! and I3 shrink while the core threads l0 and II and the binder it remain substantially unshrunk so that a crepe eifect is formed in the gimp and the loops l4 and l5, l5 and ll of mohair are spread out in what is known in the art as burst." It will be noted that the novelty yarn comprises in chief the novelty threads of mohair and that the binder thread covers but a relatively small area.

One of the principal features of the novelty yarn obtained by the method above set forth lies in the effect obtained by the adjacent burst loops of mohair. In the scouring or wet finishing process, the threads of mohair are burst, which means that the multiplicity of fibres which make up the threads of mohair are spread and become spaced one from the other. The two spread loops of mohair being in contact with each other bear against each other forming a rather bulky and attractive loop area.

While the washing and scouring eii'ect the bursting of the loops of mohair, they do not so aii'ect the gimp or mohair and mohair twist, but cause such mohair to shrink whereby a crepe efi'ect is obtained since the mohair shrinks more than the cotton core and cotton binder between which the mohair threads are held.

The burst effect of the spread fibres of mohair are well illustrated in Figures 2 and 3 of the drawing. The representation is, of course, diagrammatic and the loops shown are larger in proportion to the yarn than is actually the case in the novelty yarn of my invention. The contact and spreading eflect of the two adjacent burst" loops are shown in Figure 3.

In the preferred form of my invention I employ two mohair threads as decorative elements. However, I may employ wool or any other material that will burst and produce the ornamental dual loop effects according to the principles of my invention.

The specific illustration and description above has been given merely by way of example and I intend to be limited only by the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A boucl novelty yarn comprising a first thread and a second thread twisted about each other, a loop formed in said first thread and a loop formed in said second thread, said loops being burst.

2. A boucl novelty yarn comprising a first thread and a second thread twisted about each other, a loop formed in said first thread and a loop formed in said second thread, said loops being burst and in contact with each other.

3. A boucl novelty yarn comprising a core, a first thread and a second thread twisted about each other, a loop formed in said first thread and a loop formed in said second thread, said loops being burst.

4. A boucl novelty yarn comprising a core, a first thread and a second thread twisted about each other, a loop formed in said first thread and a loop formed in said second thread, said loops being burst and in contact with each other.

5. A boucl novelty yarn comprising a core, a first thread of mohair and a second thread of mohair twisted over said core and about each other, and dual loops in said yarn comprising a loop in said first thread of mohair and a loop in said second thread of mohair, said threads of mohair in said loops being burst.

6. A boucl novelty yarn comprising a core, a first thread of mohair and a second thread of mohair twisted over said core and about each other, and dual loops in said yarn comprising a loop in said first thread of mohair and a loop in said second thread of mohair, said loops being burst against one another.

7. A boucl novelty yarn comprising a core comprising two core threads, a first thread of mohair and a second thread of mohair twisted over said core and about each other, and dual loops in said yarn comprising a loop in said first thread of mohair and a loop in said second thread of mohair, said loops being burst against one another.

8. A boucl novelty yarn comprising a core, a first thread of wool and a second thread of wool twisted over said core and about each other, and dual loops in said yarn comprising a loop in said first thread of wool and a loop in said second thread being distinct and in clear contrast to the color of said second thread, said first decorative thread and said second decorative thread being twisted over the core thread and about one another, said first decorative thread being looped upon itself at spaced intervals in said twist and said second decorative thread being looped upon itself at spaced intervals in said twist, said loops being burst, said fibres of the decorative thread in the loops being burst, said fibres of the decorative thread in the loops being so spaced from each other when burst that the burst volume of the thread of the loop is substantially larger than the volume of the same unburst thread in the twist, a burst loop of the first decorative thread lying substantially parallel to and in face to face contact relation with a burst loop of the second decorative thread, and at least one binder thread twisted over said first thread 'and said second thread and across the base of said loops, said core thread and said binder thread having a different shrinking characteristic than said first decorative thread and said second decorative thread, said difference in shrinking characteristics being such as to produce a crepe effect in said twist, the decorative threads of said yarn being relatively bulky and predominating with respect to said core thread and binder thread.

23. A boucl novelty yarn comprising at least one core thread, a first colored decorative thread comprising a multiplicity of fibres and a second colored decorative thread comprising a multiplicity of fibres, the color of the first thread being distinct and in clear contrast to the color of the second thread, said decorative threads being twisted over the core thread and about one another, said first decorative thread and said second decorative thread being looped at intervals along said twist, said loops extending outwardly from said twist, said loops being burst, certain of the loops in the first decorative thread being positioned in the yarn adjacent to certain of the loops in the second decorative thread with respect to their bases but being spaced from one another with respect to the portion of the loop which extends outwardly from the twist, and certain other loops in said first decorative thread being positioned in the yarn adjacent and in face to face contact relation to certain other loops in the second decorative thread, and at least one binder thread twisted over said first thread and said second thread and across the base of said loops, said core thread and said binder thread having a different shrinking characteristic than said first decorative thread and said second decorative thread, a crepe effect in the twist between said spaced loops, said crepe effect being produced by said differential shrinking between said decorative and said core and binder threads, the decorative threads of said yarn being relatively buiky and predominating with-respect to said core and binder thread. i

24. A boucl novelty yarn comprising at leas one core thread, a first colored decorative thread comprising a multiplicity of fibres of mohair and a second colored decorative thread comprising a multiplicity of fibres of mohair, the color of the first thread being distinct and in clear contrast to the color of the second thread, said decorative threads being twisted over the core thread and about one another, said first decorative thread and said second decorative thread being looped at intervals along said twist, said loops extending outwardly from said twist, said loops being burst, certain of the loops in the first decorative thread being positioned in the yarn adjacent to certain of the loops in the second decorative thread with respect to their bases but being spacedfrom one another with respect to the portion of the loop which extends outwardly from the twist, and certain other loops in said first decorative thread being positioned in the yarn adjacent and in face to face contact relation to certain otherloops in the second decorative thread, and at least one binder thread twisted over said first thread and said second thread and across the base of said loops, said core thread and said binder binder thread having a difierent shrinking characteristic than said first decorative thread and said second decorative thread, a crepe effect in the twist between said spaced loops, said crepe efiect being produced by said differential shrinking between said decorative and said core and binder threads, the decorative threads of said yarn being relatively bulky and predominating with respect to said core and binder thread.

EDWIN BRY. 

